Students of Novosibirsk State Technical University (NSTU) have developed and integrated a specialized software bot of the national messenger Maks into the current urban system for monitoring heat consumption facilities. Now responsible services promptly receive notifications about critical changes in heat supply parameters.
The development of the NSTU-NETI students is designed to increase the reliability of control over the thermal management of the metropolis. The created bot works in conjunction with the existing monitoring system developed by university scientists as part of the Priority 2030 program. At the moment, the system monitors the heat supply parameters of 60 social facilities in Novosibirsk.
The main function of the bot is automatic notification. The program analyzes incoming data in real time and instantly sends messages to responsible persons in two key scenarios. The first of them is if the measured parameters (temperature, pressure, coolant flow rate, etc.) exceed the established permissible limits. As soon as the indicators stabilize and enter the regulatory range, relevant specialists also receive an appropriate notification.
This approach allows you to abandon the constant manual monitoring of multiple control points and switch to targeted deviation work. Reducing the response time to emergency situations contributes to more efficient maintenance of the city's heat supply systems.
"Our development was not created from scratch as a laboratory prototype. Initially, we designed the bot in Max so that it would become an organic add-on to an already working monitoring system. This made it possible to implement the solution without complicated shutdowns or equipment replacement, and operators received a convenient monitoring tool," notes Alexander Dvortsevoy, Candidate of Technical Sciences, a project manager, Associate Professor of the Department of Thermal Power Plants at NSTU-NETI.
The integration was carried out with the support of industrial partners, which confirms the relevance of student initiatives in solving urgent problems of the urban economy, the expert added.